did lonny donegan write the words that we know to this tune in 1960? it is something i would like to know. the tune already had an existing song long before the new words were written in 1960. lots of my mates from school days all sang the tune but with different words. some of them were the songs that were sung before the words we know today were invented. my mate and former braveheart sung the 1960 words that are sung today in lots of events and holidays to barkapel in dunfries when he wanted to take a break from the scots songs. for folks who do not know, this tune was an english folk song called my old mans a fireman which was writen in 1823 as a kids school camp song. there have been other words written to this tune but more folks you see in the streets will always know the tune by the 1960 words but some kids do sing some of the early songs to that tune. when i first heard the tune back in 1986 i did not know what words any of my mates would sing. when i started buying older music for me to play on the piano and sing i found out that on every 1960s album had the song my old mans a dustman by lonny donegan on all the albums i got from 1989 to today.